Design Patterns Contracts in England

Design Patterns
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Design Patterns skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Design Patterns over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 187 164 118
Rank change year-on-year -23 -46 +9
Contract jobs citing Design Patterns 453 762 1,635
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.24% 1.58% 2.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.44% 1.76% 2.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 315 519 1,135
10th Percentile £418 £406 £450
25th Percentile £494 £500 £520
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £615 £625
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -1.60% +13.64%
75th Percentile £780 £750 £750
90th Percentile £850 £850 £800
UK median daily rate £600 £605 £614
% change year-on-year -0.83% -1.43% +16.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 21 21
10th Percentile £55.05 £50.00 £46.25
25th Percentile £66.88 £70.00 £53.25
Median hourly rate £80.00 £72.50 £63.60
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% +13.99% +9.66%
75th Percentile £85.00 £75.00 £65.54
90th Percentile - - £75.00
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £73.75 £63.43
% change year-on-year -5.08% +16.28% +15.32%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Design Patterns is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,491 43,355 63,906
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.40% 90.10% 90.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,622 30,435 45,445
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,249 1,535 1,743
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.95 £16.13 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +45.00% +7.94%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £35.65 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.11% +38.82% +5.90%

Design Patterns
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Design Patterns as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Design Patterns in England

Design Patterns
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Design Patterns in England.

Daily rate trend for Design Patterns in England

Design Patterns
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Design Patterns in England over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Design Patterns in England

Design Patterns
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Design Patterns in England.

Hourly rate trend for Design Patterns in England

Design Patterns
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Design Patterns in England over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Design Patterns in England

Design Patterns
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Design Patterns within the England region over the 6 months to 17 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -43 260 £650 +1.96% 167
North of England +70 116 £600 +9.15% 56
North West +71 98 £600 +6.63% 28
South East -10 31 £594 +4.17% 78
Yorkshire -1 16 £600 +9.09% 18
Midlands +8 11 £469 -22.65% 38
South West -15 10 £550 -8.33% 15
West Midlands +9 9 £463 -22.92% 21
East of England -6 5 £450 +33.33% 5
East Midlands +7 2 £567 -6.44% 17
North East - 2 £588 - 10
Design Patterns
UK

Design Patterns
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 15 (3.31%) Apache Spark
2 12 (2.65%) Confluence
3 7 (1.55%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 7 (1.55%) SAS
4 6 (1.32%) Apache
4 6 (1.32%) CMS
5 5 (1.10%) Headless CMS
6 3 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.66%) IIS
6 3 (0.66%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.66%) nginx
7 2 (0.44%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.44%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.22%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.22%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.22%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.22%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.22%) WebSphere
Applications
1 8 (1.77%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (0.44%) InVision
3 1 (0.22%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.22%) Sketch
3 1 (0.22%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (2.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.55%) Temenos T24
3 5 (1.10%) Endur
3 5 (1.10%) Shopify
4 2 (0.44%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.22%) BusinessWorks
5 1 (0.22%) ION MarketView
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 100 (22.08%) AWS
2 99 (21.85%) Azure
3 34 (7.51%) Serverless
4 31 (6.84%) SaaS
5 29 (6.40%) GCP
6 25 (5.52%) npm
7 24 (5.30%) Azure DevOps
8 23 (5.08%) IaaS
9 22 (4.86%) PaaS
10 14 (3.09%) AWS CloudFormation
11 12 (2.65%) Dynamics 365
11 12 (2.65%) GitHub
12 11 (2.43%) Azure Data Factory
12 11 (2.43%) Power Platform
13 9 (1.99%) AWS Lambda
14 8 (1.77%) Amazon SQS
15 7 (1.55%) Amazon S3
15 7 (1.55%) Apigee
15 7 (1.55%) Figma
15 7 (1.55%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 46 (10.15%) Firewall
2 44 (9.71%) VPN
3 16 (3.53%) Cisco Nexus
4 15 (3.31%) DMZ
5 6 (1.32%) HTTP
5 6 (1.32%) Network Security
6 5 (1.10%) BGP
7 4 (0.88%) DHCP
8 3 (0.66%) Cisco ISE
8 3 (0.66%) DNS
8 3 (0.66%) EIGRP
8 3 (0.66%) LAN
8 3 (0.66%) OSPF
8 3 (0.66%) VXLAN
8 3 (0.66%) WAN
8 3 (0.66%) Wireless
9 2 (0.44%) FTP
9 2 (0.44%) Multicast
10 1 (0.22%) Kerberos
10 1 (0.22%) PPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (9.05%) NoSQL
1 41 (9.05%) SQL Server
2 38 (8.39%) Relational Database
3 35 (7.73%) MongoDB
4 22 (4.86%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (4.19%) Big Data
6 14 (3.09%) Apache Cassandra
7 13 (2.87%) MySQL
7 13 (2.87%) Redis
8 10 (2.21%) Data Lake
9 9 (1.99%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (1.99%) Hadoop
9 9 (1.99%) HBase
9 9 (1.99%) OLAP
9 9 (1.99%) OLTP
9 9 (1.99%) RDBMS
10 8 (1.77%) DynamoDB
10 8 (1.77%) KDB
11 7 (1.55%) BigQuery
11 7 (1.55%) Oracle OLAP
Development Applications
1 62 (13.69%) JIRA
2 56 (12.36%) Git
3 26 (5.74%) webpack
4 23 (5.08%) Jenkins
5 19 (4.19%) GitLab
6 17 (3.75%) TeamCity
7 13 (2.87%) Cypress.io
8 11 (2.43%) Maven
8 11 (2.43%) SonarQube
8 11 (2.43%) Visual Studio
9 6 (1.32%) Gradle
10 5 (1.10%) Checkstyle
10 5 (1.10%) Jasmine
10 5 (1.10%) Mocha
10 5 (1.10%) Mockito
10 5 (1.10%) MSI
10 5 (1.10%) Pylint
10 5 (1.10%) Subversion
10 5 (1.10%) Visual Studio Code
10 5 (1.10%) WiX
General
1 137 (30.24%) Social Skills
2 101 (22.30%) Finance
3 73 (16.11%) Banking
4 70 (15.45%) Analytical Skills
5 49 (10.82%) Front Office
6 38 (8.39%) Public Sector
7 27 (5.96%) Investment Banking
8 19 (4.19%) Retail
9 16 (3.53%) Marketing
10 10 (2.21%) Legal
11 8 (1.77%) Back Office
11 8 (1.77%) Retail Banking
12 7 (1.55%) Corporate Banking
12 7 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (1.32%) Law
14 5 (1.10%) Games
15 4 (0.88%) Financial Institution
15 4 (0.88%) Publishing
16 3 (0.66%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 178 (39.29%) Developer
2 126 (27.81%) Architect
3 81 (17.88%) Senior
4 46 (10.15%) Lead
4 46 (10.15%) Technical Architect
5 41 (9.05%) Software Engineer
6 37 (8.17%) Senior Developer
7 34 (7.51%) Technical Leader
8 32 (7.06%) Full Stack Developer
9 29 (6.40%) C# Developer
10 28 (6.18%) Lead Architect
11 27 (5.96%) Java Developer
12 26 (5.74%) Security Architect
13 24 (5.30%) Cloud Architect
14 23 (5.08%) React Developer
15 21 (4.64%) Designer
15 21 (4.64%) Solutions Architect
16 20 (4.42%) .NET Developer
16 20 (4.42%) Electronic Trading Developer
17 19 (4.19%) Angular Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (18.10%) .NET
2 78 (17.22%) React
3 76 (16.78%) REST
4 72 (15.89%) Node.js
5 45 (9.93%) RESTful
6 44 (9.71%) CSS
6 44 (9.71%) Kafka
7 42 (9.27%) HTML
8 39 (8.61%) AngularJS
9 37 (8.17%) Web Services
10 32 (7.06%) Spring
11 30 (6.62%) ASP.NET
12 25 (5.52%) WebSockets
13 24 (5.30%) .NET Framework
14 22 (4.86%) XML
15 20 (4.42%) JSON
16 18 (3.97%) .NET Core
16 18 (3.97%) RxJS
17 17 (3.75%) SOAP
18 16 (3.53%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 42 (9.27%) Algorithms
2 36 (7.95%) Public Cloud
3 31 (6.84%) Data Structures
4 30 (6.62%) Distributed Systems
5 27 (5.96%) Product Ownership
6 26 (5.74%) Management Information System
6 26 (5.74%) Mobile App
7 22 (4.86%) Derivative
7 22 (4.86%) Fixed Income
8 16 (3.53%) IoT
9 14 (3.09%) Enterprise Software
9 14 (3.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 11 (2.43%) Cloud Native
11 7 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
11 7 (1.55%) DataPower
12 6 (1.32%) Client/Server
12 6 (1.32%) Legacy Applications
13 5 (1.10%) Linux Command Line
13 5 (1.10%) Private Cloud
13 5 (1.10%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 42 (9.27%) Android
2 41 (9.05%) Windows
3 37 (8.17%) Apple iOS
4 29 (6.40%) Windows Server
5 28 (6.18%) Linux
6 14 (3.09%) Unix
7 3 (0.66%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.22%) tvOS
8 1 (0.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 228 (50.33%) Agile
2 133 (29.36%) CI/CD
3 123 (27.15%) Software Engineering
4 116 (25.61%) DevOps
5 94 (20.75%) Microservices
6 92 (20.31%) OO
7 73 (16.11%) Architectural Patterns
8 71 (15.67%) Problem-Solving
9 54 (11.92%) Continuous Integration
10 52 (11.48%) SDLC
11 49 (10.82%) Test Automation
12 47 (10.38%) TDD
13 46 (10.15%) Continuous Improvement
13 46 (10.15%) Scrum
13 46 (10.15%) Security Architecture
14 44 (9.71%) Risk Management
15 41 (9.05%) Full Stack Development
16 40 (8.83%) Electronic Trading
16 40 (8.83%) OOP
16 40 (8.83%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 117 (25.83%) C#
2 116 (25.61%) Java
3 108 (23.84%) JavaScript
4 99 (21.85%) SQL
5 63 (13.91%) Python
6 57 (12.58%) TypeScript
7 27 (5.96%) Scala
8 24 (5.30%) PowerShell
9 14 (3.09%) C++
10 9 (1.99%) Go
11 8 (1.77%) Perl
11 8 (1.77%) PHP
11 8 (1.77%) PL/SQL
12 7 (1.55%) Kotlin
12 7 (1.55%) T-SQL
13 6 (1.32%) Bash
13 6 (1.32%) Ruby
14 5 (1.10%) Groovy
14 5 (1.10%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.88%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 71 (15.67%) Degree
2 47 (10.38%) Security Cleared
3 30 (6.62%) SC Cleared
4 22 (4.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (3.31%) Master's Degree
6 11 (2.43%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (2.43%) CISSP
7 7 (1.55%) CISM
7 7 (1.55%) DV Cleared
8 4 (0.88%) Numerate Degree
8 4 (0.88%) PMP
9 3 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.44%) HND
11 1 (0.22%) CEH
11 1 (0.22%) GIAC
11 1 (0.22%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.22%) PhD
11 1 (0.22%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.22%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (4.64%) QA
2 18 (3.97%) PCI DSS
3 15 (3.31%) NIST
4 8 (1.77%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.32%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.32%) GDPR
6 4 (0.88%) MiFID
7 1 (0.22%) GRC
7 1 (0.22%) HL7
7 1 (0.22%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.22%) NCSC
7 1 (0.22%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.22%) SLA
7 1 (0.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 38 (8.39%) Docker
2 6 (1.32%) HDFS
3 4 (0.88%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.66%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 1 (0.22%) Firmware
5 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 48 (10.60%) Terraform
2 27 (5.96%) Kubernetes
3 14 (3.09%) Grafana
4 9 (1.99%) Prometheus
5 8 (1.77%) Ansible
6 7 (1.55%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.32%) Hadoop YARN
8 2 (0.44%) Istio
9 1 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.22%) Argo
9 1 (0.22%) Ganglia
9 1 (0.22%) ITRS Geneos
9 1 (0.22%) Oozie
9 1 (0.22%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.22%) Puppet
9 1 (0.22%) Rancher
9 1 (0.22%) TIBCO Hawk
Vendors
1 40 (8.83%) Microsoft
2 25 (5.52%) Oracle
3 21 (4.64%) Google
4 18 (3.97%) Cisco
5 13 (2.87%) Blue Coat
5 13 (2.87%) CheckPoint
5 13 (2.87%) Fortinet
5 13 (2.87%) Juniper
5 13 (2.87%) Salesforce
6 10 (2.21%) SAP
7 9 (1.99%) Databricks
7 9 (1.99%) ION Trading
8 8 (1.77%) IBM
9 7 (1.55%) Adobe
9 7 (1.55%) Apple
9 7 (1.55%) Avaloq
9 7 (1.55%) TSYS
10 5 (1.10%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 5 (1.10%) Sitecore
11 4 (0.88%) Pega